JoAnn Early Macken

 

Mar 21, 2025 12:57 PM EDT

I just can't fathom littering. We're all stewards of the planet. Thanks for your poem!!

- jama

Mar 21, 2025 3:14 PM EDT

When it's time for someone to help, we are all someone! Well done!

- Tabatha

Mar 21, 2025 4:10 PM EDT

This call to action rings for me, as I'm currently planning a cleanup at a local park. Thank you for sharing!

- Sarah Grace Tuttle

Mar 22, 2025 8:46 AM EDT

Your poem is a heartfelt call to action. Thank you!

- Rose Cappelli

Mar 23, 2025 8:50 AM EDT

Yes, I could. Yes, I will. There are some woods on the other side of the cemetery at the far end of our street. They can be accessed by both the cemetery to the west and the apartments to the south. They (and the creek) are filled with litter. I discovered this while not wearing appropriate shoes and gloves or carrying a garbage bag. I'll be back.

- Mary Lee

Mar 23, 2025 9:37 AM EDT

Oh how sad that they can't pick up after themselves. :( I love rivers and this one is beautiful!

- Marcie Flinchum Atkins

Mar 24, 2025 1:15 PM EDT

UGH how could anyone litter?? It was instilled in me from the earliest age that we should never, ever litter - that kind of selfishness just breaks my heart. Thank you for being a friend - of the planet!

- Jane

Nov 09, 2018 1:20 PM EST

I am a huge fan of walking to get the brain going, I have quite an assortment of walking poems, I find the rhythm of footsteps so inspiring!

- Jane @ Raincity Librarian

Nov 09, 2018 3:13 PM EST

Fab poem, JoAnn! A good walk in the snow can indeed be invigorating and bring fresh inspiration. Love your canine companion too. :)

- jama

Nov 09, 2018 3:22 PM EST

I love morning walks with my dog, but we don't get snow, so this picture of walking in the snow with your dog makes me cold. I love how you created the lines to be rhythmic like the stepping of two (or perhaps 4) feet.

- Margaret Simon

Nov 09, 2018 4:28 PM EST

Nothing like a snowy walk for inspiration--glad you found this poem on yours. I've been avoiding the snow/sleet today (not ready!)

- Buffy Silverman

Nov 09, 2018 5:44 PM EST

I saw this earlier on FB, but was waiting for the granddaughters, couldn't comment. Wow, we only got a tiny sprinkle yesterday! Lovely pic & great poem, interconnected with the weather, the walking and writing. " (We have snow coming, maybe, on Sunday.)

- Linda Baie

Nov 09, 2018 9:12 PM EST

Now that it's not quite as hot down here, I look forward to walking more outside! I love how your poem captures a walking beat, JoAnn. It also reminds me of how much I've missed that freeing flow of rhythm and inspiration.

- Michelle Heidenrich Barnes

Nov 10, 2018 8:19 AM EST

Oh, this is delightful and fun and hits the spot when it comes to the idea stage of a poem. Doesn't it feel like poets are always one inner ear to the ground feeling for the beat of a new poem?

- Linda Mitchell

Nov 10, 2018 10:11 AM EST

That expression! What a great picture. And thanks for your poem, which I'm reading on our first "chilly" day - 60s outside. ;0) Here's to filling more blank paper with words, through the seasons.

- Robyn Hood Black

Nov 10, 2018 11:15 AM EST

Reading "hoem" just made my day. How fun.

- Savannah Rogers

Nov 10, 2018 4:15 PM EST

Nothing like the first snowfall of the season and a walk to spark some inspiration! Great rhythm!

- Molly Hogan

Nov 10, 2018 5:42 PM EST

Thanks, everyone! I'm glad the footstep rhythm worked. Still snowy and even colder here today, so we bundled up even more for today's walk. Hoping for a warmup one of these days!

- JoAnn

Nov 11, 2018 7:53 PM EST

A walk in the snow and a new poem--that's a good day!

- Kay E McGriff

Nov 16, 2018 4:25 PM EST

Hooray!!

- Eileen